TOP 3 IN CSP
TO P 3 I N C S P
By : Belén Gallego
CSP Today www.csptoday.com
TOP 3 PT PROJECTS IN CONSTRUCTION
• Andasol 1 – ACS Cobra (USA, 2007)
• Godawari – Godawari Energy, HIRA Group
(India, 2013)
• Shams1 – Shams Co, MASDAR (UAE, 2012)
TOP 3 OPERATIONAL PARABOLIC TROUGH PROJECTS
• Andasol 1 – ACS Cobra (Spain, 2007)
• 50MW PT project in Granada, Spain with 7.5 hours thermal storage. Lots of challenges, long commissioning period. PT evolution through construction
ANDASOL 1 TECHNICAL PROFILE
Gross Capacity: 50.00
Net Capacity: 49.9 MWe
Back-up fuel: HTF Heater
Back-up fuel percentage: 12%
Heat Transfer Fluid (HTF): Synthetic Oil
Net Annual Production - Actual
(GWh): 170
Solar Field Inlet Temperature (ºC): 293
Solar Field Outlet Temperature (ºC): 393
Cooling: Wet
Storage (Hours): 7.50
Developers: ANTIN/ Cobra/ RREEF
Infrastructure
Developers (Ownership Notes): Cobra
(100%)
EPC: Cobra / SENER (Engineering)
EPC (notes): Cobra (80%) and Sener (20%)
Utility (Off-taker) 1: Endesa
Financing:
BNP Paribas, Sabadell Bank, WestLB ,
Dexia and €pean Investment Bank. Debt
€240 million Debt financing
EU Grant €5 million
The EIB provided a RSFF of €60 million
ANDASOL 1 TECHNICAL PROFILE (CONT)
O&M Contractors: Cobra, Flagsol, Laitu
Solar
Heat transfer fluid supplier (HTF): DOW
Heat transfer fluid model (HTF): DOW
DOWTHERM
Turbine supplier: Siemens
Receiver tubes supplier PT 1: Schott
Receiver tubes model PT 1: Schott PTR 70 receiver
Receiver tubes supplier PT 2: Solel
(acquired by Siemens in 2009)
Solar collector frame supplier PT: Flagsol
Turbine Model: Siemens SST-700
Steam Generator Supplier: Lointek
Storage medium: Molten Salt
Thermal storage supplier (medium): SQM the NaNO3 for this project whilst
Mirror supplier PT 1: Flabeg
Suppliers - Information: SQM provided the KNO3 was supplied by a competitor
Mirror model PT 1: Flabeg RP- 3
Solar collector frame model PT: Flagsol
SKAL-ET
TOP 3 OPERATIONAL PARABOLIC TROUGH PROJECTS
• Godawari – Godawari Power (Hira Group) (India, 2013)
• 50MW PT project in Rajasthan, India. First ever project in India finished on time (26 months after inception) and on budget
GODAWARI TECHNICAL PROFILE
Gross Capacity: 50.00 MWe
Net Capacity: 50.0 MWe
Back-up fuel: None
Heat Transfer Fluid (HTF): Synthetic Oil
Net Annual Production - Expected
(GWh): 120
Solar Field Inlet Temperature (ºC): 293
Solar Field Outlet Temperature (ºC): 390
Cooling: Wet
Due Dilligence Contractors: Fitchner -
Owners Engineers Contractor
Heat transfer fluid supplier (HTF): DOW
Heat transfer fluid model (HTF): DOW
DOWTHERM
Turbine supplier: Siemens
Turbine Model: Siemens SST-700
Steam Generator Supplier: Aalborg
Mirror supplier PT 1: Flabeg
Mirror model PT 1: Flabeg RP- 3
Receiver tubes supplier PT 1: SCHOTT
Receiver tubes model PT 1: Schott PTR 70 receiver
Solar collector frame supplier PT: SBP
Solar collector frame model PT: SBPET-
150
Godawari Plant (India)
Godawari Plant (India)
Godawari Plant (India)
Godawari Plant (India)
Godawari Plant (India)
TOP 3 OPERATIONAL PARABOLIC TROUGH PROJECTS
• Shams 1 – Shams Co, MASDAR (UAE, 2012)
• 100MW PT project in Abu Dhabi, UAE. Biggest CSP operational project to date. Dry cooling, high back up fuel usage. Helped set up MASDAR in the developer seat (Pre-selected for
Morocco)
SHAMS 1 TECHNICAL PROFILE
Gross Capacity: 100.00 MWe
Back-up fuel: Dual: Natural Gas or Diesel
Back-up fuel percentage: 4%
Heat Transfer Fluid (HTF): Synthetic Oil
Net Annual Production - Expected
(GWh): 210
Solar Field Inlet Temperature (ºC): 302
Solar Field Outlet Temperature (ºC): 393
Cooling: Dry
Developers: Abengoa, Masdar, Total
Developers (Ownership Notes): Shams
Power Company is owned by Masdar
(60%), Abengoa (20%) and Total (20%)
EPC: Abener. Teyma
Utility (Off-taker) 1: ADWEC
CAPEX (millions): 600 US$
Financing: BNP Paribas, KfW, Mizuho,
National Bank of Abu Dhabi, Natixis,
SociétéGénérale, Sumitomo Mitsui
Banking Corporation, The Bank of Toyko-
Mitsubishi, Union National Bank and
WestLB. $600 million Debt Financing.
Masdar (60%) together with Total
Abengoa Solar Emirates Investment
Company (40%) formed a Special Purpose
Vehicle (SPV) called the Shams Power
Company. The SPV holds the equity of the project (20%), while the remaining share
(80%) is bank financed.
SHAMS 1 TECHNICAL PROFILE (CONT)
O&M Contractors: Abener O&M, SINI
Heat transfer fluid supplier
(HTF): SOLUTIA
Receiver tubes model PT 1: Schott PTR 70 receiver
Solar collector frame supplier
Heat transfer fluid model (HTF): SOLUTIA
THERMINOL
PT: Abengoa Solar
Solar collector frame model PT: Abengoa
Turbine supplier: MAN
Steam Generator Supplier: Foster
Wheeler
Mirror supplier PT 1: Flabeg
Mirror model PT 1: Flabeg RP- 3
Receiver tubes supplier PT 1: SCHOTT
Solar ASTRO
Suppliers - Information: Suppliers (Air cooled condenser): GEA Power Cooling
Safety valves supplied by Leser
Shams 1
TOP 3 PT PROJECTS IN CONSTRUCTION
• Solana – Abengoa (USA, 2013)
• Noor I – aka Ouarzazate - ACWA
(Morocco, 2015)
• Gujarat Solar 1 – Cargo (India, 2014)
TOP 3 PT PROJECTS IN CONSTRUCTION
Solana – Abengoa (USA, 2013)
• 280MW PT project in Arizona, USA with 7 hours thermal storage.
Largest plant in the world once commissioned. This plant has been a challenge at all levels
SOLANA TECHNICAL PROFILE
Gross Capacity: 280.00 MWe
Heat Transfer Fluid (HTF): Synthetic Oil
Solar Field Outlet Temperature (ºC): 371
Cooling: Wet
Storage (Hours): 6.00
Developers: Abengoa
EPC: Abener - Teyma
Utility (Off-taker) 1: Arizona Public
Service Co
Incentive 1: US Loan Guarantee
Incentive 1 details: $1.45 Billion
CAPEX (millions): 2000 US$
Financing: Capital Riesgo Global (A
Subsidiary of Banco Santander $125 million)
O&M Contractors: Abener O&M
Heat transfer fluid supplier
(HTF): SOLUTIA
Heat transfer fluid model (HTF): SOLUTIA
THERMINOL
Steam Generator Supplier: Foster
Wheeler
Steam Generator Model: Foster Wheeler
Steam Generator
Thermal storage supplier (medium): SQM
Mirror supplier PT 1: Rioglass
Suppliers - Information: Safety valves supplied by Lese
TOP 3 PT PROJECTS IN CONSTRUCTION
Noor I – aka Ouarzazate – ACWA (Morocco, 2015)
• 160MW PT Project in Ouarzazate, Morocco. Lowest PPA amount to date (€0.15 KW/h). First bid won by ACWA.
NOOR I – aka OUARZAZATE TECHNICAL PROFILE
Gross Capacity: 160.00 MWe
Net Annual Production - Expected
(GWh): 550
Financing: €1042.32 million financing was raised for all phases of the Ourzazate project, which is 500 MW in total.
Storage (Hours): 3.00
AfDB €168 million (Debt Financing);
Developers: Acciona, ACWA, Aries, Sener, CTF/AfDB €70.12 million (Debt Financing);
TSK
EPC: TSK
Utility (Off-taker) 1: MASEN
PPA Notes:PPA to the value of 1 Billion
USD for a period of 25 years. The tariff
World Bank € 140.25 million (Debt
Financing);
CTF/World Bank €68.02 million (Debt
Financing);
EIB: 100 (Debt Financing); submitted by ACWA 28.8% lower than that of the second bidder. The PPA is valued at 1.62 Dirhams per kWh/ 0.19
USD per kWh / EUR 0.15 per kWh
CAPEX (millions): €1042.32
L'Agence Française de Développement
(AFD) € 100 million (Debt Financing);
KFW € 100 million (Debt financing);
NIF € 30.15 million (Grant);
MASEN/FDE/SPC contribution €265.28 million
TOP 3 PT PROJECTS IN CONSTRUCTION
Gujarat Solar 1 – Cargo Power (India, 2014)
• 28MW PT project in Gujarat, India with 9 hours thermal storage.
High level of localization and first time a CSP plant with thermal storage is built in India
GUJARAT SOLAR 1 TECHNICAL PROFILE
Gross Capacity: 28.00 MWe
Net Capacity: 25.00 MWe
Back-up fuel: None
Heat Transfer Fluid (HTF): Synthetic Oil
Net Annual Production - Expected
(GWh): 130
Net Annual Production - Actual
(GWh): 130
Solar Field Inlet Temperature (ºC): 265
Solar Field Outlet Temperature (ºC): 393
Cooling: Wet
Storage (Hours): 9.00
Storage temperature (Celsius): 393.00
Developers: Cargo Power and
Infrastructure
Developers (Ownership Notes): Cargo
Solar Power Gujarat Pvt Ltd is owned by
Cargo Power and Infrastructure (100%)
EPC: LAUREN CCL
EPC (notes): Lauren is the EPCM
Utility (Off-taker) 1: Gujarat Urja Vikas
Nigam Ltd (GUVNL
CAPEX (millions): 881.5 INR
Financing: 70% from Banks
Due Dilligence Contractors: S2M
GUJARAT SOLAR 1 TECHNICAL PROFILE (CONT)
O&M Contractors: LAUREN CCL - EPCM Mirror supplier PT 1: Flabeg
O&M Contract Length: 2 -years from Final Mirror model PT 1: Flabeg RP- 3 performance Test of Plant.
Receiver tubes supplier PT 1: SCHOTT
Heat transfer fluid supplier (HTF): Lanxess Receiver tubes model PT 1: Schott PTR 70
Heat transfer fluid model (HTF): Lanxess
Di-Phyl receiver
Solar collector frame supplier PT: Ashoka
Turbine supplier: GE
Turbine Model: GEHTM-012Z04T
Machine
Solar collector frame model PT: Ashoka
Steam Generator Supplier: Aalborg
Steam Generator Model: Aalborg 25 Mwe
Machine ET-150
TOP 3 TOWER PROJECTS
• Ivanpah SEGS – BrightSource Energy (USA,
2013)
• Crescent Dunes – SolarReserve (USA, 2014)
• Gemasolar – Torresol (Spain, 2011)
TOP 3 TOWER PROJECTS
Ivanpah SEGS – BrightSource Energy (USA, 2013)
• 393MWe tower development (3 towers). It will be the largest
CSP tower complex in the world for years to come. Dry cooling.
Plenty of environmental and project development challenges.
IVANPAH SEGS TECHNICAL PROFILE
Gross Capacity: 393MWe
Back-up fuel: Natural Gas
Heat Transfer Fluid (HTF): Water
Net Annual Production - Expected
(GWh): 346
Solar Field Inlet Temperature (ºC): 249
Solar Field Outlet Temperature (ºC): 565
Cooling: Dry
EPC: Bechtel Corporation
Utility (Off-taker) 1: Pacific Gas & Electric
Utility 1 PPA Date: 01/01/2010
Total amount split between Ivanpah SEGS
1,2 and 3
Incentive 1: US Loan Guarantee
O&M Contractors: BrightSource Energy,
NRG
Developers: BrightSource Energy, Google, Turbine supplier: Siemens
NRG
Developers (Ownership Notes): Solar
Turbine Model: Siemens SST-900
Steam Generator Supplier: Riley Power
Partners LLC is owned by Brightsource
Energy, Google and NRG
Heliostats supplier T 1 : Guardian
Heliostats model T 1: Guardian’s
EcoGuard Float
Receiver Manufacturer T: Riley Power
Utility (Off-taker) 2: Southern California
Edison
Incentive 1: US Loan Guarantee
Incentive 1 details: US $ 1600 million.
TOP 3 TOWER PROJECTS
Crescent Dunes – aka Tonopah – SolarReserve (USA, 2014)
• 110MW molten salt tower plant with 11 hours of storage at full capacity. Hybrid cooling.
CRESCENT DUNES TECHNICAL PROFILE
Gross Capacity: 110.00 MWe
Back-up fuel: None
Heat Transfer Fluid (HTF): Molten Salt
Net Annual Production - Expected
(GWh): 500
Solar Field Inlet Temperature (ºC): 288
Solar Field Outlet Temperature (ºC): 566
Cooling: Hybrid: Wet/Dry
Storage (Hours): 11.00
Developers: Cobra, Santander,
SolarReserve
Developers (Ownership Notes): Tonopah
Solar Energy LLC. Owned by:
SolarReserve; Cobra (35%); Santander.
EPC: Cobra
Utility (Off-taker) 1: NV Energy
PPA Notes: 25-year power purchase agreement with NV Energy to sell 100% of the electricity generated
Incentive 1: US Loan Guarantee
Incentive 1 details: US$ 737 million
CAPEX (millions): US $983
Financing: Santander, ACS, SolarReserve
O&M Contractors: PIC Marubeni Group
Turbine supplier: Alstom
Steam Generator Supplier: Lointek
Heliostats supplier T 1 : Flabeg – changed to Rioglass after Flabeg´s bankruptcy
Receiver Manufacturer T: Pratt Whitney
Engineering: IDOM
Crescent Dunes
Crescent Dunes
Crescent Dunes
TOP 3 TOWER PROJECTS
Gemasolar – Torresol (Spain, 2011)
• 19.9MW molten salt tower with 15 hours of thermal storage.
Operating 24 hours a day 7 days a week during the summer at full capacity.
GEMASOLAR TECHNICAL PROFILE
Gross Capacity: 20.00 MWe
Net Capacity: 19.9 MWe
Back-up fuel: Natural Gas
Back-up fuel percentage: 15%
Heat Transfer Fluid (HTF): Molten Salt
Net Annual Production - Actual
(GWh): 100
Solar Field Inlet Temperature (ºC): 290
Solar Field Outlet Temperature (ºC): 565
Cooling: Wet
Storage (Hours): 15.00
Storage temperature (Celsius): 600.00
Developers: Masdar, Sener, Torresol
Energy
Developers (Ownership Notes): Torresol
Energy is owned by Masdar (40%) and
Sener (60%)
EPC: Cobra, Sener
EPC (notes): UTE C.T. Solar Tres: Sener,
Cobra
CAPEX (millions): €230
Financing: EIB €110 million (Debt) Banco
Popular,Banesto and Instituto de Crédito
Oficial €81 million (Debt) EC €5 million
(Grant)
O&M Contractors: Torresol Energy, SINI,
SMIT
Turbine supplier: Siemens
Turbine Model: Siemens SST-600
Steam Generator Supplier: Foster
Wheeler
Storage medium: Molten Salt
Heliostats, Receivers and Structures:
Sener
TOP 3 NON ELECTRICITY CSP PROJECTS
• BrightSource Chevron EOR Project (USA)
• El Tesoro (Chile)
• Petroleum Development OMAN EOR
(Oman)
BRIGHTSOURCE CHEVRON TECHNICAL PROFILE
Gross Capacity: 29.00 MWth
Technology: Tower
Application: Enhanced Oil Recovery
Back-up fuel: None
Heat Transfer Fluid (HTF): Water
Cooling: Dry
Country: USA
State/Region: Coalinga, California
Developers: BrightSource Energy
Developers (Ownership Notes): Chevron (100%)
O&M Contractors: BrightSource Energy, Chevron
EL TESORO TECHNICAL PROFILE
Gross Capacity: 14.00 MWth
Technology: Parabolic Trough
Application: Steam Generation
Back-up fuel: None
Heat Transfer Fluid (HTF): Water
Cooling: Wet
Country: Chile
State/Region:Atacama Desert
Developers: Abengoa
Developers (Ownership Notes): Antofagasta Minerals (100%)
CAPEX (millions): US$12
PETROLEUM DEVELOPMENT OMAN EOR TECHNICAL PROFILE
Gross Capacity: 7.00 MWth
Technology: Parabolic Trough
Application: Steam Generation
Country: Oman
Additional Info: Steam production: 11 tons of steam per hour injected into the existing steam distribution network
GlassPoint’s Single Transit Trough technology has been designed to enclose lightweight reflective mirrors inside a glasshouse structure to protect the system from dirt, dust, sand and humidity. The company says its solution can reduce the amount of natural gas used for EOR by up to 80%.
TOP 4 COMMERCIAL INNOVATION PROJECTS
• Tooele Army Depot (USA)
• INFINIA: 429 units of dish tech totally 1.5MWe
• Archimide (Italy)
• ENEL: 5MWe PT using molten salt as a HTF
• Central Borges (Spain)
• ABANTIA: 22.5MWe CSP - Biomass – hybrid plant
• Reliance (India)
• RELIANCE, AREVA: 2 x 125 MWe fresnel plant
TOP 3 R+D INNOVATIVE CSP PROJECTS
• DoE Sunshot Program – AREVA (USA)
• Molten Salt as HTF and storage in fresnel tech
• DoE Sunshot Program (USA)
• Super Critical CO2 as HTF
• Variable Geometry Heliostat Field (Spain)
• CTAER: 1MWe variable geometry solar field tower prototype
TOP 3 VISIONARY PROJECTS
• TUNUR Project (Tunisia)
• 2GW of Tower Development (Nur Energy)
• Sahara Forest Project (Qatar)
• Using CSP to create a greenhouse ecosystem to generate locl agriculture opportunities in Qatar
• Devish Project (Turkey)
• GE hybrid REW project including wind, PV and CSP in the same development for dispatchability
TOP 4 CSP NEWCOMERS TO WATCH
• Wilson Solar Power (USA)
• Water free, tower modular technology, dispatchable
• Airlight Energy (Germany)
• Pneumatic mirror system, concrete structure, 600ºC (air as HTF)
• Brenmiller Energy (Israel)
• Self- contained “Bcell” with power block plug and play, small scales, 24/7 with fossil back up
• Hitite Energy (Turkey)
• Stationary PT with direct Steam generation (compatible with CO2 as well) Higher temperatures
TOP 4 THERMAL THERMAL STORAGE COs to WATCH
• Halotechnics (USA)
• Deep Eutectic Salt Formulations Suitable as Advanced
Heat Transfer Fluid
• Terrafore (USA)
• Heat Transfer and Latent Heat Storage in Inorganic
Molten Salts (Phase Change Materials - PCM)
• Nest Energy (USA)
• Heatcrete, great temperature range
• General Atomics (USA)
• Thermochemical Heat Storage for CSP Based on
Multivalent Metal Oxides
TOP 3 CSP TRENDS TO WATCH
• Smaller Scales, modular projects
• Hybridization for dispatchability and
CAPEX reduction
• R+D Higher Temperatures and new HTF (air,
CO2, steam, etc)
THANK YOU for your attention
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Belén Gallego belen@csptoday.com
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